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List of movies set in utah

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Desolation Canyon (2006)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Following a bank robbery, the responsible gang stops by the home of one of their members and kidnaps his son. The sheriff enlists the aid of a retired gunfighter, who is the boy's grandfather. On the gang's trail, they find there are two ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, gang, partners against crime, old west, abduction, danger, rescue, revenge, murder, squad, partner, buddies ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, latin america, utah, mexico
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Dark Blood (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: desert, captivity, danger, isolation, dangerous attraction, on the road, couples, under the surface, nuclear testing, contamination, radiation, off the road ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona, utah
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The Adventures of Food Boy (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ezra discovers he has a unique ability to make food appear in his hands. He quickly uses his new super powers to impress his friends and to become popular around school for the first time in his life.
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: high school, high school student, food, friendship, disorder, teenage love, escapades, supernatural ability, cooking and food, high school life, best friend, chaos ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, utah
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Dempsey (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and ...
Style: serious, uplifting, sexual, realistic, silent
Plot: boxing, biopic, boxer, world champion, violent content, profanity, power relations, crumbling marriage, uncover truth, crime gone awry, ambition, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 1920s
Place: utah
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The Collectors (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Logan wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a kickboxing champion. But his dreams are literally shattered when an automobilie accident leaves him without the use of his legs. His family and former friends watch helplessly as he ...
Style: psychological, serious, exciting, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, life turned upside down, programmer, rivalry, danger, heroes, virtual reality, disability, violent content, unfulfillment, master warrior, capoeira ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, utah
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The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: supernatural, filmmaking, haunted house, ghost, estate, danger, curses spells and rituals, house, supernatural power, actor, trapped in a building, zombie ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: utah, usa
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Going to the Mat (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining the wrestling team just ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: blindness, disability, blind character, high school, sport team, friendship, teenage life, human spirit, follow your dream, teenage love, athlete and trainer, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, new york
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Promised Land (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, basketball, tattoo, wedding, propaganda, alienation, bare chested male, high school, school, destiny, college, friendship ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: utah, usa
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Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
Style: psychological, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: murder, friendship, who to trust, betrayal, buddies, homeless, car crash, best friend, female corpse, friends, twists and turns, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: utah, usa, salt lake city utah
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A Time for Killing (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and ...
Style: retro, costume drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, rape, fortress, escape, soldier, hostage, prosecution, violent content, battles, old west, vengeance ...
Time: year 1967, 19th century, victorian era
Place: utah, new mexico, arizona, sonora, mexico
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: youth, family relations, teenage life, estrangement, family problems, hopes, family life, social relations, mother daughter relationship, prejudice, gold, prairie ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: california, new england, utah
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Cremaster 2 (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this ...
Style: experimental, independent film, avant garde, serious, gothic ...
Plot: murder, bee, rodeo, mormon, heavy metal, modern art, psychopath, introspection, supernatural, redemption, confined, gender ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 19th century
Place: usa, utah, chicago
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Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, fbi, parents and children, investigation, law enforcement, who done it, hotshot hero, psychopath, child murder investigation, father son relationship, woman with a gun ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, utah
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The Christmas Box (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, dream, family life, snow, xmas, living together, angel, workaholic, mansion, old woman, recurring dream ...
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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Shot in the Heart (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! Honey, you give love a bad name. (The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.)
Style: disturbing, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, death row, tragic hero, prison, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, prison life, mormon, parents and children, society, juvenile delinquency, redemption ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, utah
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Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, police detective, who done it, police investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, legal, protagonist as suspect, danger ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1978
Place: utah, seattle, usa, florida
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The Shooting (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A hired gun seeks to enact revenge on a group of bounty hunters in the Old West.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, dominant woman, on the road, vengeance, mysterious character, wilderness, gunslinger, danger, acid, promise, woman with a gun, escort ...
Time: year 1966
Place: usa, utah
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Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: christmas, parents and children, family relations, family life, on the road, teenager, youth, holiday, christmas season, children, santa claus, full moon ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, utah, usa
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Warning Sign (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
Style: slasher, sad, tech noir, scary, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virus, epidemic, infection, disease, laboratory, biological warfare, crisis, infected, apocalypse, found footage, monster, bio weapon ...
Time: year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, utah
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The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
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Story: A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, melancholic, harsh, stylized ...
Plot: virus, laboratory, pandemic, plague, bacteria, biohazard, infection, time travel, catastrophe, danger, cure, deadly virus ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, utah, shanghai, los angeles
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style: epic, scenic, suspense, entertaining, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: old west, gunfight, cowboy, bank robbery, buddies, robbery, friendship between men, buddy, outlaw, heist, shootout, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, 1800s, year 1969, ancient times ...
Place: bolivia, wyoming, new york, latin america, utah ...
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The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The Falls: Testament of Love is a continuation of the story of RJ Smith and Chris Merrill, two Mormon missionaries that fell in love during their mission in a small town in Oregon. The boys haven't spoken in five years, but when an unexpected ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay interest, lgbt, husband wife relationship, gay relationship, gay sex, lgbtq, destructive relationship, impossible love, couples, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Little Billy witnesses his parents being brutally murdered by Santa. Years later, when he has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa Claus, his childhood trauma materializes once again.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, scary, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, christmas, santa claus, murder, survival, holiday, holiday horror, killer santa claus, psychopath, winter, obsession, exploitation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 70s, year 1974, year 1971
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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The Man from Toronto (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In a case of mistaken identity, the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the Man from Toronto, and a New York City screw-up are forced to team up after being confused for each other at an Airbnb.
Style: action comedy, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: mistaken identity, hitman, attempted murder, battles, roommate, murderer, criminal gang, bandit, satire, criminal, noisy neighbor, misfit ...
Time: 2020s
Place: toronto ontario canada, miami, puerto rico, minnesota, utah ...
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The National Tree (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A teenager has his Sitka Spruce tree chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas Tree.
Plot: christmas, thanksgiving, road trip, holiday, christian, single father, single parent, father son relationship, tree, widowed father, fall in love, travel ...
Place: oregon, utah, mumbai india, shanghai, washington d.c.
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Duel at Diablo (1966)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Weaver). He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apache, vengeance, old west, rescue, on the run, tough heroes, husband wife relationship, gunfight, gunslinger, gambler, survival, battles ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: usa, texas, utah, arizona
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Windows of Heaven (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: As 85-year-old President Lorenzo Snow struggles to vanquish the two million dollar indebtedness of the Mormon church in 1899, he feels inspired to journey from Salt Lake City by train and carriage to St. George in southern Utah. Along the way he ...
Plot: rain, promise, train, sermon, prophet, drought, financial crisis, revelation, debt, religion, religious leader, carriage ...
Time: 1890s
Place: utah
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Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly. Into their world comes a young lady, who turns their world upside down. She gets ...
Style: touching, emotional, compassionate, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: siamese twins, loneliness, twins, existentialism, prostitute, fall in love, impossible love, eccentric family, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, bittersweet, lookalikes ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: idaho, utah
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
Style: entertaining, touching, epic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: runaway, happy ending, youth, kidnapping, politician, memory, storytelling, police, ransom, child, neglect, family relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car in the gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, road movie, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: truck, psychopath, serial killer, truck driver, road trip, sister sister relationship, chase, kidnapping, torture, breaking and entering, fear, vengeance ...
Place: las vegas, usa, utah
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